Drumstick

Museum number:
5-3209
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-109 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden drum stick. Wrapped with cotton yarn on tip. Cat-like head on end of handle. Handle highly polished though use.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 30.8 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-8
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drumstick, accession number 5-3209, described as Carved wooden drum stick. Wrapped with cotton yarn on tip. Cat-like head on end of handle. Handle highly polished though use.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drumstick, accession number 5-3209, described as Carved wooden drum stick. Wrapped with cotton yarn on tip. Cat-like head on end of handle. Handle highly polished though use.

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